Cigarette-rolling apparatus



Feb. 5 1924.,

P. J. GALLAGHER CIGARETTE ROLLING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 4. 1922 INVENTOR I A Hole/v5 Y Patented Feb F, l hlftd.

PETER J. GALLAGHER, F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GIGARETTE-ROLLING APPARATUS.

Application filed January 4;, 1922. Serial No. 526,947.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER J. GALLAGHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette- Rolling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cigarette forming or wrapping device and one of the objects of the invention contemplates the provision of a cigarette roller which can be easily manipulated.

One of the objects of the invention is the construction of a trough-shaped tobacco receiving member including a novel and improved cigarette paper retaining and rolling device whereby the rotation of said clip in the trough will permit the tobacco to be formed and packed as the cigarette paper is rolled.

Another and very important object of the invention is the construction of a cigarette forming device of the character above set forth wherein the tobacco receiving trough is positioned within an enlarged receiver so that the overflow of the tobacco may be confined therein and removed when the clip and the end or closure to which it is attached are separated from the trough.

T attain the above objects and others in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of same.

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 showing an advanced stage of the rolling operation.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 5 designates a substantiallv semi-cylindrical elongated receiver provided with an annular flanged cap 6 at one end thereof which cap may be formed integral or separable as desired, depending on the method of manufacture to be employed in the construction of the device. Within the semi-cylindrical receiver 5 and preferably adjacent one end thereof, 1 have provided a substantially U- shaped support in the form of a bracket 7 the legs 8 of which are bent upwardly and secured by rivets 9 or other suitable fastening element to the bottom of the receiver.

Secured to the supporting member 7 there is provided a semi-cylindrical trough-shaped tobacco receiver 10 which extends substantially the entire length of the device, one end of the receiver being provided with extensions in the form of clips 11 passing through the flanged cap 6 whereby the tobacco receiver may be secured in its proper position. The receiver is preferably riveted or otherwise secured as at 12 to the support 7 at a point adjacent one end of the device so that the said receiver is maintained in a preferably horizontal position to receive the tobacco 13 as clearly indicated by the draw ings.

The rolling element proper for the cigarette paper shown at 14 comprises a pair of fiat preferably resilient spring-like strips of metal 15 which are slightly bowed at their center and pivotally connected as at 16 to the extension 17 of a rotatable, flanged cap 19 positioned at the opposite end of the receiver 5, said extension and the cigarette holding clip being rotatable with the cap 17 in the formation of the cigarette. It should be understood that the resilient spring-like strips 15 which are of substantially thin metal are so formed that when spread apart the cigarette paper 1d be positioned and held sufficiently to grip the same during the rotation of the cap 17 with the said strip in the trough 10 above referred to. @f course after the cigarette is rolled the strip 15 may be withdrawn and separated from the paper leaving the cigarette compact and rolled.

In the proper use of the cigarette forming and rolling device, it will be readily recognized that since the trough and the receiver 5 are opened at the top of the clip and the cigarette paper retained thereby may be positioned in the side of the trough 10 as shown by Figure 3 and the loose tobacco placed in the trough. By simply rotating the ca 17 it will be readily recognized that the 011p and the paper rotatable therewith in the bottom of the trough 10 will confine the tobacco in a compact mass and upon the continued rolling the cigarette paper will be retained by the clip in such position until the said clip is ready to be removed and the end of the said cigarette paper moistened and ready to seal the rolled cigarette.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention embodied in one loo form by way of example, and which construction has been found to answer to a satisfactory degree the results to be obtained. It would be manifest however, that other forms of embodiment may be adopted, and that the construction may be variously changed and modified by the skilled mechanic without departing from the limits of 'the invention. Further it will beunderstood that the invention is not limited to any particular form of construction in the parts, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the subject matter being claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A cigarette former comprising an elongated receiver closed at one end, a support and a trough-shaped tobacco receiving member mounted thereon within the receiver, said member being also secured to the closed end of the receiver, a rotatable cap mounted on the opposite end of the receiver, a pair of resilient cigarette paper gripping strips pivotally mounted and attached to the rotatable cap whereby upon the rotation of the same in the tobacco receiving member, the tobacco will be rolled and confined in the cigarette paper.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER J. GALLAGHER. [L. 5.] Witnesses:

THOMAS J. AUGHNEY, PETER SAUL. 

